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October 13, 2016 “Africa is Japan Upside Down”

Current events, News by Pernille Rudlin

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"Africa is Japan Upside Down" said Sir Paul Collier at a talk I attended a while ago. Nonetheless he saw opportunities for Japan there. The recent

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May 18, 2016 Why is there no Japanese word for ‘risk’?

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Lessons in managing risk do not seem to have been learned twenty years’ on, with a seeming procession of Japanese Presidents bowing their heads in shame at unanticipated risks and...

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March 21, 2016 What Spring means in Japan and Europe

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Spring came early in Europe this year, inspiring me to write an article for the Teikoku Databank News on what Spring means in Europe and Japan, spring cleaning...

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February 19, 2016 Celebrating the Year of the Monkey

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We have decided to celebrate in 2016 - with a series of lunch seminars for clients - the 12th anniversary of the founding of Japan Intercultural Consulting Europe. The...

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September 09, 2015 Will globalization bring an end to Japanese lifetime employment and seniority based pay?

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Does Hitachi's abolition of seniority based pay to improve global mobility mean that globalization will bring the end to Japanese lifetime employment and seniority based pay?...

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August 30, 2015 Who takes the most holidays – Europe and Japan

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The announcement earlier this year by the Japanese government that they want to revise the Labour Standards Law to require companies to ensure that workers take...

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July 04, 2015 Looking at the negotiations in the EU from an intercultural viewpoint

Current events, News by Misako Onoda

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Greece was criticized more than I had imagined when it broke off negotiations with the EU. Based on the limited information I have, I have been thinking, what can Japanese...

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June 30, 2015 Why Japanese companies don’t use LinkedIn (and should)

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I wrote this article in Japanese for the Teikoku Databank News and am about to deliver further seminars for Japanese expatriates in Europe, urging them to make better use...

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February 27, 2015 Germans, Japanese and Americans work the way they drive

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Some interesting insights on accident rates, slamming the door, reverse parking and self service gasoline...

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January 10, 2015 If Japan really wants to be global, its workers need more flexibility

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I hope Japan can bridge the gap at the other end of the world’s day, from North America on to Europe via Asia, but it will take flexible working hours...

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